(Headline USA) The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan resigned Thursday after refusing a Justice Department order to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Two senior DOJ officials also quit after the department leadership in Washington moved to seize control of the case.
Danielle Sassoon, a Republican serving...
(Headline USA) The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines on Thursday to advance the nomination of Kash Patel, Donald Trump's pick for FBI director.
The committee voted 12-10 to send the nomination to the Republican-controlled Senate for full consideration.
It was not immediately clear when the final confirmation vote will occur,...
Editor's note: While the Justice Department characterized its action against New York as "charges," the case is civil and not criminal.
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced the Department of Justice has filed civil charges against the state of New York, citing the state’s failure to...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department notified the court Wednesday that it intends to intends to keep classified information secret in the case of Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump on his Florida golf course last September.
The DOJ said in a Wednesday court filing...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The ousted FEMA supervisor who ordered first responders to bypass Florida homes displaying signs in favor of President Donald Trump blatantly engaged in unlawful partisan activity at taxpayers’ expense, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel determined on Tuesday.
OSC found that Marn’i Washington, a Biden-era FEMA official, violated the...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Oran Alexander Routh, the son of failed Trump assassin Ryan Routh, was remanded to custody on Wednesday after pleading guilty to one count of possessing child pornography.
Routh had been on house arrest, and he filed a motion to remain out of prison until he’s sentenced on May...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A group of Jeffrey Epstein victims is suing the FBI for allowing his sex-trafficking network to operate with impunity—but the bureau filed a motion to dismiss last week, arguing that it had the discretion to do so.
The FBI’s Feb. 5 motion to dismiss is in response to...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political corruption charges he commuted during his first term.
The Republican president called the Democratic former governor, who once appeared on Trump's reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice, "a very fine person" and said...
(Headline USA) Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina on Monday used a nearly hour-long speech on the U.S. House floor to accuse her ex-fiancé of physically abusing her, recording sex acts with her and others without their consent, and conspiring with business associates in acts of rape and sexual misconduct.
Mace...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A forthcoming book about Donald Trump’s return to power makes a wild and unsubstantiated claim that Iran had operatives in the U.S. with access to surface-to-air missiles amidst as part of a possible conspiracy to assassinate him.
To date, the U.S. government has produced no hard...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) The Justice Department is moving to drop federal bribery and corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, citing the Democrat's role in pushing back on crime and illegal immigration and suggesting the indictments were politically motivated.
In a memo to acting U.S. attorney...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Headline USA has exclusively obtained the Butler County Department of Emergency Services’ after-action report, which details previously undisclosed security failures that took place at the July 13 assassination attempt against Donald Trump.
At the July 13 Trump rally, Butler County EMS was primarily focused on the...